Discussion
(I’m new to Pistionheads so excuse me if I get something wrong)
Hello! I’m an American high school student looking for a first car. I’ve been into cars since I was very young, when I first played Gran Turismo 4 on my Dad’s older hand-me down Playstation 2. Both sides of my family are into cars (most notably on my Dad’s side. I’m mainly looking for a reliable and fun daily that can teach me how to drive and work on cars.
Criteria:
$6700 USD (5000 GBP)
<200 hp: I don’t want to spend the beginning of my enthusiast journey in a coffin because I wrapped my salvage title Mustang around a tree.
1980-1996: IMO the perfect balance between reliability, simplicity, and modern features.
Relatively lightweight and fun but with 4 seats and enough trunk space for a guitar and a small-ish combo amplifier
Reliable with cheap and plentiful parts (aftermarket and OEM)
Decent on gas
Manual
Prior Considerations:
1984-1987 Toyota Corolla/Corolla Sport SR5 (AE82/86)
1988-1990 Nissan Sentra/Sunny/Tsuru (B12)
1974-1985 Volvo 240
1986-1991 Honda Civic (EF)
1983-1985 Toyota Celica
1989-1993 Nissan 240sx (S13)
I’m exited to start my journey in the motoring world!
Hello! I’m an American high school student looking for a first car. I’ve been into cars since I was very young, when I first played Gran Turismo 4 on my Dad’s older hand-me down Playstation 2. Both sides of my family are into cars (most notably on my Dad’s side. I’m mainly looking for a reliable and fun daily that can teach me how to drive and work on cars.
Criteria:
$6700 USD (5000 GBP)
<200 hp: I don’t want to spend the beginning of my enthusiast journey in a coffin because I wrapped my salvage title Mustang around a tree.
1980-1996: IMO the perfect balance between reliability, simplicity, and modern features.
Relatively lightweight and fun but with 4 seats and enough trunk space for a guitar and a small-ish combo amplifier
Reliable with cheap and plentiful parts (aftermarket and OEM)
Decent on gas
Manual
Prior Considerations:
1984-1987 Toyota Corolla/Corolla Sport SR5 (AE82/86)
1988-1990 Nissan Sentra/Sunny/Tsuru (B12)
1974-1985 Volvo 240
1986-1991 Honda Civic (EF)
1983-1985 Toyota Celica
1989-1993 Nissan 240sx (S13)
I’m exited to start my journey in the motoring world!
Hi, welcome to PH.
First car is the one you will always remember.
PH is primarily a UK site although we do have PHers from all over the world, but this means your price criteria will be lost on many of us.
I am going to suggest the 240sx as I had an s13 200sx so I am guessing a similar car. It was ace and one of my cars I regret selling.
Whatever you end up with will be great, all first cars are.
First car is the one you will always remember.
PH is primarily a UK site although we do have PHers from all over the world, but this means your price criteria will be lost on many of us.
I am going to suggest the 240sx as I had an s13 200sx so I am guessing a similar car. It was ace and one of my cars I regret selling.
Whatever you end up with will be great, all first cars are.
SlowV6 said:
OP did you get the 200SX over there? Same car but with a 1.8 rurbo engine, which we got here. If so I vote for that otherwise 240Sx is a cool car.
The S12? We did, they're hot but cost around $15k (11k GBP) in halfway decent condition. I did see an N/A one in pretty good condition for around $5k (3800 GBP) and I'm considering thatSpeaking of which did you guys get the V6 SE option? Starting in '87 they replaced the Turbo with the N/A VG30 from the Z31 300ZX.
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